Atom
Earlier this year Intel indicated that it was launching its new Jasper Lake platform very soon, built on a foundation of 10nm manufacturing with the latest Tremont Atom cores. While Jasper Lake is geared towards consumers and commercial use cases, Intel also has a similar line of processors built for the industrial and IoT markets, also using Tremont on 10nm, called Elkhart Lake. Onlogic, a business built around supplying the industrial and IoT markets, is introducing new fanless designs built around Elkhart Lake. The four new fanless industrial designs from OnLogic are the Helix 310, Helix 330, Karbon 410, and Karbon 430 – all customizable passively cooled systems for ‘Industry 4.0’. The processors at the heart are all the variants of Elkhart Lake, with the...
Intel Launches 10nm Atom Embedded CPUs: Elkhart Lake Now Available
The embedded and edge markets for Intel have always been hidden away within its IoT business, however at the Investor Meeting last year it was highlighted as one of...
55 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 9/23/2020The Intel Lakefield Deep Dive: Everything To Know About the First x86 Hybrid CPU
For the past eighteen months, Intel has paraded its new ‘Lakefield’ processor design around the press and the public as a paragon of new processor innovation. Inside, Intel pairs...
225 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/2/2020How Good (or Bad) is a $100 Laptop? The Coda Spirit Review
Back in late 2014, I remember Brett reviewing the HP Stream 11-inch laptop for $200. At the time, it was a great little machine, offering all you need to...
99 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 3/9/2020Intel Launches Atom P5900: A 10nm Atom for Radio Access Networks
Continuing Intel’s run of Mobile World Congress-released announcements this morning, the chip maker is also announcing an interesting product in the form of a mobile-related Atom. Dubbed the Atom...
16 by Ryan Smith on 2/24/2020ASUS Upgrades Compute Stick: The VivoStick TS10 Gets More RAM, Storage, & Windows 10 Pro
Intel’s Compute Stick, a self-contained PC-on-a-stick that could be used to transform any display into a PC, was an interesting concept when it was revealed several years ago. However...
35 by Anton Shilov on 2/19/2020Acer Unveils TravelMate B3 Notebook & Convertible: 11.6-Inch LCD & Gemini Lake Refresh
Alongside their new Chromebooks, Acer has also revealed a new set of inexpensive Windows laptops aimed at students. Powered by Intel’s Gemini Lake SoCs, Acer’s TravelMate B3 will be...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/22/2020Intel's new Atom Microarchitecture: The Tremont Core in Lakefield
While Intel has been discussing a lot about its mainstream Core microarchitecture, it can become easy to forget that its lower power Atom designs are still prevalent in many...
101 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/24/2019Next Generation Intel Atom Tremont: Potential L3 Cache
Intel has already disclosed that it will have a next generation Atom core, code named Tremont, which is to appear in products such as the Foveros-based hybrid Lakefield, as...
67 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 7/15/2019ZOTAC Launches ZBOX CI329 Nano: Fanless Quad-Core Gemini Lake
ZOTAC has introduced its new affordable miniature PCs based on Intel’s Gemini Lake platform. Designed for office and media streaming applications, the new ZBOX CI329 Nano are powered by...
8 by Anton Shilov on 5/17/2018Intel Lists New Atom Core: Tremont to Come After Goldmont Plus
Intel has recently updated its developer documentation for instruction set extensions, and in the process has disclosed information on both new instructions for and the codename of its next-generation...
56 by Anton Shilov on 4/23/2018Intel Shuts Down New Devices Group: No More Intel-Made Wearables
Intel this week confirmed that it had decided to close down its New Devices Group, which developed various wearable electronics, such as smartwatches, health/fitness monitors, smart/AR glasses and so...
56 by Anton Shilov on 4/20/2018Intel Announces Chip-Level Security Initiatives, iGPU-Based Malware Scanning
Taking place this week is the annual RSA conference, which has evolved to become a major trade show for security products and technologies. As one might expect, it's also...
36 by Anton Shilov on 4/17/2018Intel’s Last Atom in Smartphones: A 2018 Benchmark
Intel's push into smartphones over the last 10 years has been well documented, as well as the subsequent downfall after its Broxton smartphone SoCs were cancelled in April 2016...
56 by Ian Cutress on 3/28/2018Intel Launches New Pentium Silver and Celeron Atom Processors: Gemini Lake is Here
Intel on Monday introduced its next-generation Pentium Silver and Celeron platform and processors. These processors are under the codename 'Gemini Lake' and are focused on low-power platforms for inexpensive...
57 by Anton Shilov on 12/12/2017Compulab Launches the Fitlet2 Passive SFF PC with Apollo Lake SoCs
Compulab has announced its new fitlet2 ultra-compact PC designed for a broad range of applications, including office, IoT and industrial. The Compulab fitlet2 is a small unit, cooled passively...
28 by Anton Shilov on 11/9/2017IoT Company Discloses Upcoming Gemini Lake SKUs: Two Pentiums, Four Celerons
A maker of embedded systems has published details regarding pricing of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise licenses in Q4 2017 and has also disclosed the model numbers of Intel’s upcoming...
15 by Anton Shilov on 11/3/2017Ockel Sirius A is Nearing Primetime: Smartphone-Sized PC with 6-inch 1080p Display
Last year, at IFA 2016, I stumbled across the Ockel Sirius project. In its infancy, the device was seemingly straight forward: put a full PC into a smartphone sized...
65 by Ian Cutress on 9/4/2017GIGABYTE Lists GA-J3455N-D3H: Apollo Lake with COM, LPT, PS/2, D-Sub and PCI
GIGABYTE has added its first Intel Apollo Lake-based desktop motherboard to its product list. The platform is designed primarily for low-power entry-level PCs, but the manufacturer decided to tailor...
20 by Anton Shilov on 4/13/2017Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45: Atom Z3400, Android Wear 2.0, Starts at $1650
Tag Heuer last week announced its new generation smartwatch, co-developed with Google and Intel. The new Connected Modular 45 timepiece uses an Intel SoC, runs Google’s Android Wear 2.0...
36 by Anton Shilov on 3/18/2017